The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-06

SPECULATIVE VIEW OF THE so.
llDlFlcATiON OF THE RACES.

Humanity a. It May Exist Some Tens OF
Thousands Of Years Hence When All
Weakness Shall Have Been Elimin-
Atcd.
One Of the subjects which excites the atten-
ton Of thinkers Is the probable outcome OF the
commingling Of races throughout the world.
The result is, OF course, purely matter OF
speculation, as there are no data whatever
from which may DO deduced an exact conclu-
sion. There are those who lean to the opinion
that in the course OF many centuries, all race
distinction will disappear, and human
amalgam, homogeneous in It's qualities, will
take the place of the present interminable
variety.
This country has more interest In this ques-
tion than any other. It is an enormous reser-
voir into which are being poured streams
from all the racial sources. The homo
geneous amalgam, II ever formed, will crys-
tallize on this continent; and here will be
located the ultimate results Of race admixt-
ure. What will be the nature Of this COM
position3 It is not thing whose occurrence
is SO near that we have personal interest in
it; nevertheless, the inspirations OF curiosity
are such that VIC cannot help glancing into
tuo IolIIOUo luUuIc WIN tLo hopo ou"o We AeAy
get glimpse of the product Of the process of
distillation. One may not see anything with
precision at this distance, but the imagination
may discover condition Of things which, If
not exact, may at least be characterized by
curious qualities.
THE FINAL SOLIDIFICATION.
The believers in the final qualification of
the various races conclude, Of course, that the
distinctions now prevailing between white,
negro and Indian in this country will be OBJ
liberated. The processes OF absorption will
not only necessarily wipe out these three
races as such, but they will include and dis.
pose of the diverse nationalities which already,
in the presence Of German, Irish, French,
Scandinavian, Spanish, Italian and the like
elements, form so large portion of this
country. If such work shall be done. it
will be one of the grandest ever undertaken by
nature Nothing in the labors even Of the
chemistry which has constructed universes
from few simple gases would be the equal
in magnitude and Importance of this colossal
effort
II the teachings in regard to heredity are
reliable, then we may te certain that in the
final composition there will be no essential
traits now in existence that will be wanting.
Al q u1OIO dUUcAudUcu AO1AAs OuU ACNCA ChOACoS
existent and tangible, will be a strain of
Yankee shrewdness, Of British obstinacy, of
Italian subtlety, Indian craft, African gross
ness, German transcendentalism, French
suavity, with possibly faint of the tastes of
the cannibal and something of the coarse
gustatory tendencies of the Esquimaux 1t
is logical, In view of the teachings of modern
science to conclude that the stronger Of these
qualities will prevail, and that while none of
them will ever become extinct many will be-
come merely rudimentary, modifying to a
very limited degree the characteristics Of the
whole. The fittest will survive, and hence we
may frame guess as to the rough outlines
of the compact result
SURVIVAL OF THE FrTTEsT
Grouping the more potento Of the race quail
ties which will lie likely to survive in recog- |
nizable form, we may construct the man of |
the far future as one who has lost the hue Of
white which now dominates civilization The
blood OF the African will dar3cn the cheek
Of the coming man until there will come a
time when the existence of races Of whites
will have passed into the regions OF the
legendary. His will not be the tint OF the
mulatto, but the result Of the spreading on a
white ground of q mixture, black, yellow,
red, and other darksome hues, and which
will be rich bronze, equally removed from
the repellant black and the effeniinate pallor
Of the ruling races. Exposed to the desiocat-
i've influence Of this climate, he will be thin
ner than the average man of tine continent at
this time, and will possess an endurance, a
longevity. healthfulness far above those of
the present period. The extent of the life of
this man will he far above the century, for in
the evolution Of qualities the more robust
will survive. 45 U
He will very largely have increased the
size and value Of the human brain, and hence
viii occupy an immeasureably higher intel
lectual station. The political and social |
experiments and the mechanical achievements |
Of a period like the present one will seem to
him-if there shall remain any record of |
what we have done-as crude and harbarous
in the extreme. He will have mastered the
most important secrets Of nature, and, aided
by this knowledge, will be able to WELD
powers and command results which we now
would ascribe as the especial property of ON
impotence. He will have bridled the cyclone
and put a harness on the earthquake and the
storm. Containing in himself all the better
qualities strained through thousand centu-
ries, with the evil the weakness, of the
present human nature eliminated he will be
god.-Chicago Times.